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Father's Day - Acrostic Poems

Acrostic poems are a great way to personalize a Father's Day card or message. Despite the name, they are not difficult to make and will impress every dad. I show you how ...

No matter if you are a son or a daughter, young or old, composing your own acrostic poem for your dad on Father's Day is a great way to show how much you care for him. Here an easy guide about how to get started with poetry acrostic style and how to add your poem to a personalized Father's day card.

What is an Acrostic Poem?

The simplest form of an acrostic poem for Father's Day would be to take the word Father and write it from top to bottom at the left side of a piece of paper and then add the words in such a way that the first word of each line begins with one of the letters. Some examples to get you started:

F - Father, For, Forever, Fabulous, ...

A - Always, Aren't, And, Able, ...

T - To, Through, Tackling, Tact, ...

H - His, Her, Hope, Helpful, ...

E - Expectation, Excellent, Excel, ...

R - Real, Really, Rare, Rather, ...

If you are not much of a poet, you can just make every line a statement and / or write it entirely in prose, but if you want to make it a little bit more elaborate, on the right two cool links to websites that help with finding the right words and rhymes.

Rhymer -
Finding words that rhyme easily and you can even choose the type of rhyme your are looking for!

Finding Words
This tool is meant to help people to solve crosswords, but it also helps to find the right word for your acrostic poem!

Making a personalized Father's Day Card

... with your acrostic poem!

Zazzle is a great way to make personalized items for just any occasion imaginable! Here some cool designs I found. Simply click on the images and personalize the product by adding your acrostic poem as text and / or add a photo of you and your family.

I like the Green Owl design best, hint, hint you can change the text easily from Happy Birthday to Happy Father's Day. Just click on the image and then the orange button in the right bottom corner that says 'Customize It!' and change the text and / or add more text for the inside of the card.

Happy Father's Day Golf Photo Greeting Card

Acrostic Poem for Father's Day

an example

This is just to show you how such a poem could look like, not for copying ;-) I am sure most fathers will prefer one that was made only for them and not copied somewhere from the internet ...

Funny and fair,

Attentive and accommodating,

Tactful and tolerant,

Helpful and hilarious,

Equanimous and enthusiastic,

Really you are the best Dad in the World!

You see, I am not much of a poet and if I can do it, you can do it even better!

Acrostic Poem on Wiki

for those of you that want to know more ;-)

An acrostic is a poem or other form of writing in which the first letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph or other recurring feature in the text spells out a word or a message. As a form of constrained writing, an acrostic can be ...

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Updated February 26, 2012

Comments

SamFeb 27, 2012

Sorry to hear Katiem2 that you lost your father at a young age. The good thing with acrostic poems is that they work not only for Father's Day but also for a multitude of other occasions and you can make them as complicated or as simple as you want.

katiem2Feb 27, 2012

Very Nice, We should always honor our parents. I lost my father when I was far to young. Great tribute to fathers and a fun way to do so.

SamFeb 26, 2012

Thanks Brenda, acrostic poems are really fun and easy to make - even for 'non-poet' like me ;-)

BrendaReevesFeb 26, 2012

Those are fun to make. My kids made those in elementary school.